Two charged in connection to dismembered body of Secor man

A Bloomington man has been charged with first degree murder for the slaying of a rural Secor man whose body was dismembered and found in multiple locations this week.

Rayshawn Lamar Johnson, 23, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis by the Indianopolis Police Department and transported back to Woodford County, where he was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder.

A Bloomington man has been charged with first degree murder for the slaying of a rural Secor man whose body was dismembered and found in multiple locations this week.

Rayshawn Lamar Johnson, 23, was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis by the Indianopolis Police Department and transported back to Woodford County, where he was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder.

Vishawn Mills, 24, also was arrested by Indianapolis authorities and transported to McLean County, where she was charged with concealing a homicidal death.

Authorities at a press conference Thursday morning at the Woodford County Sheriff’s Department would not identify the victim of the homicide, but sources have said the man is 74-year-old Oakley Mitchell.

Police said Johnson and Mills were living with the victim at his home, with Mills acting as a caregiver to him. Johnson is originally from Bloomington but has ties to Indianapolis.

After a torso was found in the Mackinaw River on Saturday, police received a tip Sunday morning from a passer-by on an overpass on Illinois Route 250 with a vague vehicle description and a description of a female possibly involved in dumping the body. This tip led authorities to seek Johnson and Mills.

Authorities from the Woodford County and McLean County state’s attorney offices — as well as each county’s sheriff’s departments — did not reveal many details on the ongoing investigation Thursday.

The man believed to be Mitchell sustained a gunshot wound from Johnson, according to Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger. Minger could not reveal a motive for the slaying but explained why the two suspects were charged in separate counties.

“The elements of the concealment took place in McLean County at the bridge there,” Minger said. “We believe, based on the investigation, the murder took place in Woodford County.”

Minger said after the press conference that the name of the victim has not been released because the McLean County Coroner’s Office and the Woodford County Coroner’s Office were waiting on a DNA confirmation of the victim—a necessary step based on how the body was found. Minger estimated the DNA test results might be released as soon as Friday.

Johnson is being held on a $1 million bond and will appear in court for the first time at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Mills is being held on $250,000 bond with her first appearance in court at 1 p.m. Thursday.